A Scholar's Conscience: Selected Writings of J. Saunders Redding

by J. Saunders Redding

Book Overview

J. Saunders Redding (1906-1988) was often and justifiably called ""the dean of Afro-American scholars."" As professor and man of letters, he wrote about Afro-American literature and culture in vivid and scholarly prose. And of all the writers of his generation, he best represented, and came close to explaining, the hopes and conflicts of American democracy in a multiracial society. Yet his perceptions and writings were never limited to race, nationality,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813108063
• ISBN13: 9780813108063
• Release Date: February 1992
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"